The morning of October 14, 2015 commenced with a Holy Mess in Gyumri newly constructed Holy Martyrs Armenian Catholic Church, an episcopal residence, in Gyumri. The Mess was conducted by His Eminence Archbishop Raphael Minassian whose patriarchal message targeted the Caritas community, Caritas Family, whose mission is to serve the Armenian nation with love and compassion.

The morning of October 14, 2015 commenced with a Holy Mess in Gyumri newly constructed Holy Martyrs Armenian Catholic Church, an episcopal residence, in Gyumri. The Mess was conducted by His Eminence Archbishop Raphael Minassian whose patriarchal message targeted the Caritas community, Caritas Family, whose mission is to serve the Armenian nation with love and compassion. The sacred ceremony was attended by representatives of various Caritas organizations from all over Europe, inter alia Caritas Europa, Catholic Relief Societies, Caritas Austria, Caritas Spain, Caritas Germany, Caritas France, Caritas Georgia and Caritas Ukraine who arrived to meet their 20-year old partner Armenian Caritas and in the morning to pray altogether for the benefit of the Armenian people.

The Mess was followed by a meeting in the newly built “Emil’s Aregak” Day Care Centre for Children with Disabilities. There were also invited the local partners of Armenian Caritas such as Ministry of Labour and Social affairs, Gyumri regional unemployment Center representatives, OXFAM, UNICEF Armenia, World Vision Armenia and many others.

All of them shared their work and fruitful cooperation with Armenian Caritas. Mrs. Zevart Nadjarian presented the huge work that Armenian Caritas has been undertaking during all these 20 years. Mrs. Nadjarian accented the outcomes of the close cooperation, which made this colossal work possible, making a difference in lives of thousands of people.

On October 15, the next day the participants visited the Centers of all the cities where Armenian Caritas functions – Gyumri, Vanadzor, Gavar Tashir and Yerevan.

The second week of October was marked as a big celebration since AC Partner’s Meeting the first time ever took place in Gyumri, in Armenia, just on the 20th anniversary of Armenian Caritas.